Measuring-receptacle.



C. H. BITTER.

MEASURING RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 1914.

Patented Mar. 7,1916.

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MEASURING-RECEPTACLE.

mg -Receptacles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to measuring receptacles, and belongs to thatclass of containers for tea, coffee, spices and similar commoditieswhich embody within themselves means for delivering a predeterminedamount of the contents thereof, doing away with the necessity ofmeasuring Or weighing the same after being removed from the container.

In the drawings;,Figure 1 shows my device in front elevation. Fig. 2 isa vertical medial section thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the movablecylinder. Fig. 4 is a plan view of my invention with the cylinder 4removed.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral figures.

1 is a base, upon which is supported a circular rim 2, by means of legs3. Fixed in the rim 2 is a cylindricalreceptacle 4 provided with a cover5. Rotatably mounted on the base 1 upon a central pivot, at a, is acylinder 6, the diameter of which is ap proximately the same as that ofthe cylinder 4. The cylinder 6 is provided with a plurality ofcompartments 7, by means of radial' partitions 8, and the plate 9 of thebase 1 is provided at the front part of the device with an opening 10,corresponding in shape to the compartments 7.

A shield 11 is secured on the inner face of the cylinder 4, by means ofclips 12, the upper plates of which are preferably provided with slots13, engaged by small bolts 14 provided on the outside of the can withwing-nuts 15. The shield 11 is normally held at a point just above thecylinder 6, and so as to cover the compartment which is in position todischarge its contents through the opening 10, as shown in Fig. 4., Bymeans of the slots 13 and bolts 14 such shield is permitted a slightvertical adjustment.

l/Vhen the compartment 4 is provided with a supply of spices orother'wares all of the compartments 7 are immediately filled thereby,except those which are immediately beneath the shield 11, and upon thecylin- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

Application filed November 14,1914. Serial No. 872,142.

der 6 being rotated upon its pivot, all of said compartments will becomefilled, except that the one immediately above the opening 10 will berelieved of itscharge, and each compartment, upon reaching that point'will similarly discharge itsload, the re-filling thereof from thechamber 4 being prevented by the shield 11. Inorder that the contents ofthe receptacle 4 may not pass downwardly through one of the compartments7 p when only .a part thereof projects over the opening 10,. it isnecessary to give the shield 11 considerable width, so that practicallythree of the compartments 7 are covered thereby, as shown in Fig. 4. i

The cylinder 6 is provided with a plurality of knobs l6,"cor'responding:in number with the compartments 7, and .by means of whichthe part 6maybe rotated. Depending loosely from the rim 2- is a wire catch 17 thestraight bar of which is in the path of the knobs 16, by which means thecylinder 6 is stopped with one of the compartments 7 in register withthe opening 10.. The amount of the discharge is thereby limited to thecontents of such compartment. By raising the catch the cylinder may begiven another partial revolution.

By providing the compartments 7 with a desired capacity, it will beevident that the desired amount of commodity will be re ceived from themain cylinder and then discharged thereby. For example, each of the:

compartments 7 could be fcrmed of a suitable size to contain five centsworth or ten cents worth of a given spice. and in case double the amountwere required two partial revolutions of the cylinder 6 would be Qiivenin place of one. By raising the shield 11 the amount which eachcompartment would.v deliver through the opening 10 would bev vided for,similar to that of the clips 12. Theupper cylinder could thus beraisedand the lower cylinder 6 replaced with'one possessing a greater depth,and capable of containing in each compartment a larger quantitv of therequired commodity.

For convenience the base 1 may be provided with a draw 19, just beneaththe opening 10, to receive the charge which passes downwardly throughsuch opening, or the lower part of the base can be done away with andthe measured quantity received in a sack or other receptacle.

It will beobvious that the parts 4: and 6 comprise practically onecompartment or cylinder, the lower part of which is movable withreference to the upper part, all of such cylinder being constantlyfilled with the desired commodity, except the compartment from which thedischarge has been made. This does away with any uncertainty of feedfrom the upper to the lower part of the device, and also precludes theuse of auxiliary means to compel such feed.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is:

1. In a device of the class described, a base provided with a suitableopening; a receptacle mounted thereon at a suitable height; a cylinderrotatably mounted beneath said receptacle and provided with a pluralityof compartments adapted to discharge successively through the opening insaid base; means for preventing the filling of any such compartmentwhile in position to be discharged; and means for vertical adjustment ofsaid receptacle.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a suitably mountedstationary receptacle; a rotatable receptacle immediately beneath thesame, adapted to receive the contents thereof, provided with a pluralityof similar compartments; means for permitting the discharge of thecontents of said compartments, successively, at a point beneath thesame; a shield supported above said movable receptacle and adapted toprevent the re-filling of any of said compartments while the same is inposition to discharge; and means for vertical adjustment of said shield.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER H. BITTER.

\Vitnesses V. N. H'AsKnLL, FRANK W. HAsKELL.

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Washington, D. C.

